This site is about everyone contributing their ideas and pictures, to help the site grow and become a diverse and entertaining resource. For now I am asking readers to sent their ideas through the Contact page. I love Scotland and have many happy memories of holidays and working there. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Elgin, Bute, and Duns, […]
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Games in campsites The tent is up. The children are still full of energy and all you want to do is collapse. Below are a few ideas to entertain and exhaust them. First is a list of ‘Remembers’ without which some games will not happen. 1 Rope 2. Football 3. Tightrope equipment 4 Rounders bat
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Learning to holiday after you’re unhitched. They both thought they would always be married, always together. That didn’t work out. After the whole separating, dividing and departing was over, Alison was exhausted, as was her husband, her ex-husband. There was enough going on just being single again. Add her two children into the swirl,
Hello Solo. Alison’s first holiday when it was only her and the kids. Read More »
When the children are small you can manoeuvre their bikes into the boot of an estate car. Throw in a tarpaulin so the muddy bikes don’t wreck the boot. Bike Racks Bicycle shops can advise on the best type of cycle rack for your bicycles and car either on the back or a roof mount.
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Winning Combo? Or Whining Congo? How to make a holiday which works for every member of the family with everyone returning with warm memories, not screeching “You ruined it”. As with everything, the budget will dictate, everyone has their favourite of scores of cheap-travel apps from trains, plans and package holidays. Here are a
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There are numerous books on walking and exploring e.g. ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxbury, which you could use as inspiration for a walk. Whilst research this website I h 9 Classic children’s Book Destinations. As you will see from the blog below: Winnie the Pooh. West Sussex.
SCOTLAND Bikeability Let’s start with safety on the road with the national cycle training programme for children. https://www.cycling.scot/bikeability-scotland Scotland Forth and Clyde Canal linking Glasgow to Falkirk, “flat, traffic-free tow paths, ideal for cycling with wee ones”. www.visitscotland.com/active/cyclingroutesandpaths. The Speyside Way is number one on the six family friendly routes in the Visit Scotland
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Wales My father, Grandfather and Great Uncle were in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as was. Some of my first memories were of the Regimental Goat. (The RWF museum is in Caernarfon.) When was younger we lived near Oswestry, Shropshire, just across the border. I remember trips to Wales to see friends, over the years. Picnicing
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ITV’s Top 100. You may have seen the Top 100 walks compiled by ITV with the Ordnance Survey. It’s a good resource. https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/itvs-britains-100-favourite-walks/ A good reference guide produced by the map mappers, ‘Ordnance Survey” which includes 100 best walks. I love the walk in Brockenhurst in the New Forest. And further up the ITV chart,
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Night and Day My internal clock sends me to sleep around 10.30 but my husband is a night owl, and likes to work in the small hours. It takes it toll. Cracking the get to bed early routine needs discipline. The sleep experts all recommend at least 7, but best 8 hours a
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